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By: Sebastian Junger

ISBN: 9780008168186
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2017
UK Publication Date: 1st June 2017
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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From the author of THE PERFECT STORM and WAR comes a book about why men miss war, why Londoners missed the Blitz, and what we can all learn from American Indian captives who refused to go home.


(Hardback)

By: George Butler

ISBN: 9781529514087
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
UK Publication Date: 6th June 2024
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
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(Paperback)

By: Laura Hillenbrand

ISBN: 9780007378036
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
UK Publication Date: 2nd February 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie.


(Paperback)

By: Yevgenia Belorusets

ISBN: 9781805330530
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 27th April 2023
Publisher: Pushkin Press
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By: Robert Macklin

ISBN: 9780733641985
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Feb 2019
Publisher: Hachette Australia
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A compelling account of Australia's intelligence organisations and special forces - from the early days of the commandos during World War II through to the SAS of today and the cyber wars of the future. From the co-author of SAS SNIPER.


(Paperback)

By: Anthony Hill

ISBN: 9780670079292
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2016
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
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(Paperback)

By: Sandra Lee

ISBN: 9780732282462
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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Jock Wallace was pumped. It was the start of Operation Anaconda, the US-led military offensive to flush out Al Qaeda and Taliban from their last stronghold in the Sahi Kot Valley in Afghanistan. If intelligence reports were correct, there were between 100 and 250 enemy fighters holed up in the extensive cave systems, etc.


(Paperback)

By: Neil Sheehan

ISBN: 9780712666565
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 1998
UK Publication Date: 1st October 1998
Publisher: Vintage
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Lt Colonel John Paul Vann went to Vietnam in 1962, but soon became appalled by the slaughter, leaking his pessimistic assessments to the US press corps in Saigon. Neil Sheehan was among them, and became fascinated by the angry Vann, befriended him, and followed his tragic and reckless career.


(Paperback)

By: Sebastian Faulks

ISBN: 9780099597797
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2018
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Offering a collection of personal and defining moments, this book offers insight into the Great War as it was experienced and as it was remembered.


(Paperback)

By: Robin Rowland

ISBN: 9781741144222
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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In 1946 seven former guards from the infamous River Kwai camp were put on trial for their lives before a military tribunal in Singapore, charged with the deaths of more than 3000 Australian and British POWs. This is the story of that trial.


(Paperback)

By: Louise Williams

ISBN: 9781760296148
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2017
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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The first book to tell the story of an Australian POW in the famous Great Escape from Stalag Luft III in World War II, this is a moving account of the far too short life of a talented young man and a family hit hard by the Depression and war.


(Paperback)

By: Christobel Mattingley

ISBN: 9781741751611
Readership/Audience: Young Adult
Publication Date: Apr 2007
Publisher: A&U Children's
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The riveting true story account of a young WW2 pilot's heroic journey, illustrated throughout with fascinating photographs, maps and excerpts from his log books.


(Paperback)

By: Isabel George

ISBN: 9780007371518
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2010
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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A second collection of incredible and heart-warming canine stories from around the world, from the bestselling author of The Dog That Saved My Life.


(Paperback)

By: Robert Macklin

ISBN: 9781742375847
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2011
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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From the Boer War to the war in Vietnam, Bravest tells the story of 15 Australian war heroes and how they won the highest medals awarded for bravery.


(Paperback)

By: Tony Geraghty

ISBN: 9780006386735
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 1997
UK Publication Date: 20th October 1997
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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This text presents the secrets of how British intelligence officers working undercover as liaison officers in East Germany stole advanced Soviet equipment and penetrated top-secret training areas.


(Hardback)

By: Anne Nivat

ISBN: 9781586480448
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2001
Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S.
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When a spunky young reporter smuggles herself into Chechnya, her undercover reports spark anti-war protests in France and change her own life forever


(Paperback)

By: Stephen Dando-Collins

ISBN: 9781742755731
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2012
Publisher: Random House Australia
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(Paperback)

By: Damien Lewis

ISBN: 9781784756567
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2016
Publisher: Cornerstone
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But rather than agreeing to pay the terrorists' ransom -- which they fear will be pumped into funding terrorist operations across the world -- HMG decides to send in a team of hardened ex-Special Forces, led by ex-SAS hero Mick Kilbride and his sidekick 'East End' Eddie.


(Paperback)

By: Charles Glass

ISBN: 9780007345939
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2014
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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A poet, a gangster and an agent of the Resistance; Deserter details three astonishing lives shaped by the decision to flee during WWII.


(Paperback)

By: James Ashcroft

ISBN: 9780753519844
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2010
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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Abandoned by the occupying Coalition Forces, Sammy and his family face certain death at the hands of the Shia-dominated Iraqi Police and the death squads that roam the streets unless Ash and his team can get in and get them to safety over the border.


(Paperback)

By: Raul R. Ramos

ISBN: 9781667828718
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2022
Publisher: BookBaby
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Raul Ramos brings you his emotional, raw, and inspiring autobiography. Follow along on his uplifting journey from street gang life in South Central Los Angeles to earning the rank of Master Chief in the United States Navy. His one-of-a-kind story is certain to motivate and remind you that you control your destiny - no matter what hand you were dealt.


(Paperback)

By: Chris Hunter

ISBN: 9780552157599
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2011
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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A fast-paced and thrilling account of Chris Hunter's career working as a counter-terrorist bomb disposal operator in numerous operational theatres, including the Balkans, Northern Ireland, Colombia and Afghanistan.


(Paperback)

By: Andrew Martin

ISBN: 9780007512720
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2014
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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The incredible story of Gyles Mackrell and his Burmese, elephant-assisted wartime rescue mission.


(Paperback)

By: Michael Veitch

ISBN: 9780143011941
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2009
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
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During World War II, thousands of young men left offices, farms and classrooms to learn to fly and fight in the greatest conflict the world has ever seen. How do they feel about their dramatic days in the air What is it they remember, and what do they choose to forget Michael Veitch uncovers some of the untold candid and moving stories.

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